Cruz calls on grassroots conservative groups to help him defund Obamacare — or shut down the government

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz calls America’s current economic situation “the great stagnation” and he blames President Obama’s health-care overhaul for much of the problem.

Though Cruz admits there are currently not enough votes in the Senate or the House to repeal Obamacare, he is asking conservative grassroots organizations to urge legislators to vote against legislation that promises to fund the program.

“The only way [defunding Obamacare] is going to happen is if the American grassroots, if the conservatives, come together and demand that of our elected officials,” Cruz told Bret Baier of Fox News, “because right now we don’t have the votes, but if the people demand it that’s going to change.”

In order to repeal Obamacare, Cruz said that the conservative grassroots organization must take a stand and continue to oppose the legislation.

Cruz was scheduled to speak out against Obamacare on the Senate floor Wednesday with his fellow Republicans Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Utah Sen. Mike Lee; however, the session was postponed. The three senators have sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, declaring that they will not support any legislation that at all funds Obamacare.

Cruz, Lee and Rubio are among a group members who have threatened to shut down the government unless Obamacare is defunded. However, they have their opposition for sure.

“It seems to me there are appropriate ways to deal with the law but shutting down the government to get your way over an unrelated piece of legislation is a political equivalent of throwing a temper tantrum,” said Oklahoma Republican Rep. Tom Cole in response these shut-down threats. “It’s just not helpful.”